Are you going to test your 1RM to base your percentages or just use a 1RM calculator?
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Calculator.
I’m also going conservative. Starting on what I think is the very low end. I’ve got nothing but time to build. I sometimes get super excited about things and jump in with delusions of grandeur, then I think about it, pull back a bit, and set realistic goals. I think that is where I am currently.
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Gotcha!
I would have no idea about such things 
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Lol. Honestly I should have to have a 24 hour waiting period between typing and posting. It would save me some backtracking.
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Why 3 sessions a week? Normally I would say you want 4, a day for Deads, Bench, Squat and Press.
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I’m following the book. It says you can do 3 or 4 but he recommends 3.
I’ll be doing conditioning on 3 other days. 1 day as a rest day.
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@Cyrrex I feel like we are building a whole Luke Skywalker/ Yoda vibe here…
It still follows this layout but it spreads it to the next week. So week one is press, squat, bench. Week two is deadlift, press, squat. And so on and so forth.
10/17 Calories: 1581 Protein: 135 Carbs: 134 Fat: 44
142.8
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10/18
142.2
4.11 mile morning walk with the man.
Most of the day was spent at the cross country team retreat. Fun was had.
10/19
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5/3/1 The Triumvirate Week 1
Training max 50 lb.
Military press
65% x 5
75% x 5
85% x 10
Standing DB Press
8# 5 x 15
Negatives
5, 5
Assisted Pullups
5,3,3
3.15 mile walk with the man.
First day of the new program. The main problem I am going to have is that my military press is so weak that most of my work is less than the weight of the bar. So that’s frustrating. I think I’m going to get a training bar to use until I get strong enough to use the regular bar. I suppose I could just do DB presses, but I would rather get the lighter bar and do the proper movement. Maybe someday I’ll have grandkids who would like the lighter bar to start with. I increased my calories by 250ish to see if that put me into maintenance. I’m still losing weight. Today was the lowest weight I’ve had to date. I am enjoying the extra calories. My tracking app is calling for closer to 1800 calories for maintenance. So I will move to there and see what happens.
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A few things - watch a Starting strength video on layback. Remember that you have been in a caloric deficit - bodyweight has a huge impact on OHP.
Women’s bar is 35 pounds if you want to do that - otherwise, I would just DB press until you can do the bar - literally days.
Is this in reference to my OHP being weak?
Also, the women’s bar is still too heavy. My warmups are like 20#. The training bar is 18#. So I should be able to use it for quite some time since I will only reach 45# on my OHP on week 2’s heaviest lift. My warm ups will be quite low for quite some time. Can probably use it on my bench warmups too if I’m being honest.
Yes.
I don’t think it is weak by the way. Maybe not in line with your other lifts.
Don’t measure by the way - BBB, so hypertrophy - strict form and own it. Don’t ego lift to get through the cycle.
You will kill it.
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Thank you. I just meant that it’s not a very strong lift for me. Not ragging on myself. I have only ever done DB Overhead press with any regularity so this is new territory for me. I started the program as light as I can. My husband recommended 85% but I went with 80% of my actual max. When I did my calculations I rounded down on almost everything. I want to have as much space to move.
You mean body measurements?
No, my bad.
Weights, poor choice of words. Just hit your reps as prescribed and move on.
Also, you are doing Triumvirate, not BBB?
I’m going to dip - you have this. I’ve been lifting 531 for a few years off and on and am not that well versed in anything other than what I am doing, so you just go girl.
Correct.
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10/20
Calories: 1933 Protein: 147 Carbs: 167 Fat: 57.
3 mile walk with 16# weighted vest. Slept much better last night than the night before.
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10/21
5/3/1 The Triumvirate Week 1
Training max 165 lb.
Trap bar Deadlift
65% x 5
75% x 5
85% x 15
Good mornings
Bar 5 x 12
Situps+ 2.5#
5 x 15
I always enjoy deadlift day. They make me happy and they make me feel strong. I haven’t done good mornings in a while and I really felt them.
I think I’m doing pretty well on the calorie increase. I’m feeling descent with good energy. This will probably be a tweaking situation for a while until I nail it down.
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So this like….85% of your max for 15 reps?
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Correct